Just one day after Maurice Jones-Drew said the bye week helped him become healthy again, the Jaguars running back landed on the injury report.

Jones-Drew was listed as limited with an abdomen injury on Thursday.

Jones-Drew is expected to play Sunday. He has a history of playing with nagging injuries and has missed only one game in his five-year career. That was the 2007 season finale at Houston, when Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio rested his starters because the team had already clinched a playoff spot.

The Jaguars have to hope the injury doesn’t limit Jones-Drew’s effectiveness. Nagging injuries might have affected his play at the end of last season and at the beginning of this year.

Counting the last seven games of last season and the first seven this season, Jones-Drew had two 100-yard games in 14 games before he turned in three in a row for the first time in his career.

He will try to make it four in a row against the New York Giants on Sunday.

He is also chasing the elusive 150-yard rushing effort that Del Rio challenged Jones-Drew to reach.

Starting fullback Greg Jones also went on the Jaguars’ injury report.

After practicing Wednesday, he didn’t practice Thursday because of an ankle injury. The team will announce his status today.

Monroe expected to play

Right tackle Eugene Monroe missed practice Thursday for the second consecutive day with a minor concussion but is expected to play Sunday.

Monroe needs to be at the top of his game because he has a tough assignment Sunday, taking on Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora, one of the NFL’s top pass-rushers.

The Jaguars received some encouraging news on the injury front when wide receiver Mike Sims-Walker, who missed the Browns game and Wednesday’s practice with a high ankle sprain, practiced on a limited basis Thursday.

It remains to be seen if Sims-Walker can play, but the Jaguars will be thin at the position if he can’t because Tiquan Underwood struggled Sunday when he replaced Sims-Walker as a starter and will likely go back to being a backup.

“He’s a great kid, he’s full of energy, loves to play. He’ll work at it, and he’ll have to work his way back, but we’re just going to keep going to the same place,” Del Rio said of Underwood.

The other receivers are John Matthews, who’s played two NFL games, Kassim Osgood, who is mainly a special-teams player, and Jason Hill, who was claimed on waivers from San Francisco on Nov. 17 and is still learning the plays.

That means that backup tight end Zach Miller could have a bigger role in the passing game.

“We need him to come on,” Del Rio said. “He’s showing progress. He’s as healthy as he’s been. He’s as confident as he’s been. … Everything is kind of coming together for him right now. I think he’s prepared to play his best football right now for us.”

On the road

The Jaguars start a two-game road trip Sunday against the Giants. They go to Tennessee next week, and that puts the Jaguars in an interesting position.

In they split these two games, they’re better off beating a division rival in Tennessee than an NFC team like the Giants.

And even if they lose to the Giants and the Colts beat the Chargers, the Jaguars will still be in the playoff hunt because they’d be only a game behind Indianapolis.

But Del Rio doesn’t want to hear about how the Jaguars could survive a loss in this one.

“No. This one is huge for both of us. You don’t discount games. This game is huge,” he said.

Quarterback David Garrard echoed that theme.

“It’s a one-week season every week. You can’t think forward. You can’t think past your next opponent, and we have the Giants this week, so we’re not thinking past that. When you start thinking you have a luxury, that’s when you start getting beat,” Garrard said.

Injury update

There were two changes on the injury report. Jaguars linebacker Justin Durant (shoulder) and defensive tackle Tyson Alualu (knee) were both limited in practice Wednesday, but both took part in the entire practice Thursday.

Safety Sean Considine (thumb) and defensive end Larry Hart (shoulder) both participated in the entire practice for the second consecutive day.